Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center was among a select group of hospitals nationwide recognized for promoting awareness about the life-saving benefits of organ and tissue donation, and enrollment in state organ donor registries. The national campaign was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and added more than 400,000 donor enrollments to state registries nationwide.

Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals were among a select group of hospitals nationwide recognized for promoting enrollment in state organ donor registries. These efforts were part of a national campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that added more than 400,000 donor enrollments to state registries nationwide.​

September is Sepsis Awareness Month and Mountainside Medical Center has created a sepsis committee to bring awareness to the public. Mountainside Medical Center was the first hospital in New Jersey to earn The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for the Certification of Distinction in the Management of Sepsis.

Mountainside Medical Center announces the appointment of Valerie Allusson, M.D., as its chief medical officer. Dr. Allusson, who has been a highly regarded and valued member of the medical center's leadership team, will play a key role in advancing the culture of innovation and patient-centered care at the hospital.

Located in the heart of Ocean County, Southern Ocean Medical Center has been caring for the community for more than 40 years. A focus on the advanced care and technology provided at Southern Ocean Medical Center was featured throughout a two-page editorial (page 52 and 53) in Long Beach Island's art and leisure magazine.

As a designated primary stroke center, Mountainside Medical Center is specially trained to handle stroke and Arthur Calise, D.O. medical director of Emergency Services warns of possible signs of a stroke. The recent three-phase expansion of the hospital's emergency department has increased the number of patient rooms and improved triage.

We love summer grilling, but please do it safely. According to the National Fire Protection Agency, grilling-related accidents cause an average of 8,900 fires and explosions annually, resulting in more than 16,000 emergency room visits, including some deaths. Although charcoal is generally considered safer than propane, both types of grills must be handled responsibly. Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center shares grilling tips to keep you safe.

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's most comprehensive and integrated health network, is pleased to announce that eight of its hospitals received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards for high-quality stroke care.

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's most comprehensive and integrated health network, is pleased to announce that eight of its hospitals received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards for high-quality stroke care.

Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's most comprehensive and integrated health network, announced that Andrew L. Pecora, M.D., FACP, C.P.E., president of the Physician Enterprise and chief innovation officer for the network, was named Healthcare Professional of the Year, the most prestigious honor awarded by NJBIZ in its 2017 Healthcare Heroes ceremony.

The summer after his junior year at Rutgers University, Mark Beal caught an early train to an internship in New York, worked a full day, ran to another internship, worked until midnight, took the train back to New Brunswick, woke up the next day and did it again.

Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center and the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center partnered to celebrate babies born on what would have been Yogi Berra’s 92nd birthday, on Friday, May 12th.

HackensackUMC Mountainside hospital, in partnership with the Montclair Police Department, will host a safe “Medication Drop Off” site on Wednesday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and again from 2 to 5 p.m. in the hospital's main lobby at 1 Bay Ave., Montclair.

Montclair, NJ – HackensackUMC Mountainside, a member of Hackensack Meridian Health, will participate in the American Dental Association’s “Give Kids a Smile” program on Friday, February 3, providing free dental care by appointment from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for children up to age 12.

(Montclair, NJ – January 3, 2017) Although Mountainside Hospital has been celebrating annual New Year’s births for a century and a quarter, this year’s arrival was a “first among firsts” since significant changes to the Maternity Unit, including a first of its kind in this region program, were recently implemented.
Under a novel OB/GYN Hospitalist care model endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, HackensackUMC Mountainside employs a team of in-house, physician spe

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Hackensack Meridian Health today announced the Memorial Sloan Kettering–Hackensack Meridian Health partnership, which brings together two world-class organizations with deep New Jersey roots and a single goal: Finding more cures for cancer faster while ensuring that patients have access to the highest-quality, most individualized cancer care when and where they need it.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Hackensack Meridian Health today announced the Memorial Sloan Kettering–Hackensack Meridian Health partnership, which brings together two world-class organizations with deep New Jersey roots and a single goal: Finding more cures for cancer faster while ensuring that patients have access to the highest-quality, most individualized cancer care when and where they need it.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Hackensack Meridian Health today announced the Memorial Sloan Kettering-Hackensack Meridian Health partnership, which brings together two world-class organizations with deep New Jersey roots and a single goal: Finding more cures for cancer faster while ensuring that patients have access to the highest-quality, most individualized cancer care when and where they need it.

Montclair, NJ, - (December 9, 2016) – When violist Peggy La Vake, flutist Laura Paparatto and two other local residents banded together to perform for patients at Mountainside Hospital in 1991, they unexpectedly started a holiday tradition that’s lasted a quarter century.

Montclair, New Jersey (Nov. 18, 2016) – HackensackUMC Mountainside is pleased to announce it is the recipient of the Healthgrades 2017 Clinical Quality Award for Bariatric Surgery Excellence. Specialty Excellence Awards recognize hospitals for their superior clinical performance and patient outcomes based the ratings of one or more medical conditions or procedures in a specialty area.

Montclair, NJ – The Women’s Health Advisory Committee of HackensackUMC Mountainside invites women of all ages to participate in a free workshop and luncheon to learn how to better care for themselves and deal with the multitude of pressures they face every day.
The event will include timely keynote and luncheon speakers, plus the opportunity for attendees to choose from ten women’s health and wellness workshops, broken down into three sessions, based upon their individual needs.

**Famed astronaut and hometown hero will return to the hospital where he was born**
**Major capital improvement project recently completed at state of the art facility**
Montclair, New Jersey (September, 2016) – HackensackUMC Mountainside Hospital is pleased to announce that Buzz Aldrin, one of first men to walk on the moon, will return to Mountainside Hospital where he was born 86 years ago.

HackensackUMC Mountainside has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Bronze Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation’s secondary prevention guidelines for the treatment of patients with heart failure.

HackensackUMC Mountainside will host “The Big Latch-On,” a World Breastfeeding Week event with the goal of setting a new record for most women simultaneously breastfeeding around the globe, from 9 45 a.m. until noon on Saturday, August 6, in the hospital’s Bayberry Café, Ground Floor, One Bay Avenue, Montclair. All nursing mothers and expectant mothers are welcome to attend, along with their partners/spouses, family, friends and supporters. Refreshments and parking will be provided. Advance​

With the Zika virus making news on a daily basis, officials at HackensackUMC Mountainside want to reassure area residents and direct them to trustworthy resources such as the New Jersey Department of Health’s Zika Hotline where the most current, reliable information can be obtained.

Dr. John A. Conti, medical director of the Cancer Center at HackensackUMC Mountainside, will be honored by the Atlantic Hospice at its annual spring gala on April 8 at the Highlawn Pavilion in West Orange. ​

Dr. John A. Conti, medical director of the Cancer Center at HackensackUMC Mountainside, will be honored by the Atlantic Hospice at its annual spring gala on April 8 at the Highlawn Pavilion in West Orange.

HackensackUMC Mountainside Celebrates the Eighth Annual Virginia Harkness Sawtelle Lecture with Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell
The Montclair High School Honors Choir will perform a few selections to celebrate this visit

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